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Arguably one of the most significant periods in US history, the American Civil War era continues to fascinate. In this essential reference guide to the period, Hugh Tulloch examines the war itself, alongside the political, constitutional, social, economic, literary and religious developments and trends that informed and were formed by the turbulent events that took place during America’s nineteenth century.Key themes examined here are:emancipation and the quest for racial justiceabolitionism and debates regarding freedom versus slaverythe confederacy and reconstructioncivil war military strategyindustry and agriculturePresidential elections and party politicscultural and intellectual developments.Including a compendium of information through timelines, chronologies, bibliographies and guides to sources as well, students of American history and the civil war will want a copy of this by their side.

This study is the first to critically survey the changing and highly controversial historical literature surrounding the American Civil War era, from contemporary interpretations up to the present.. The book analyses both historians attitudes and assumptions and suggests that each writer's perspective was partly determined by the dictates of time and place.. The author engages with all aspects of the Civil War era; social, cultural and economic as well as its political dimensions.. Aimed at sixth form colleges and university students.

Dr Tulloch attempts to reconstruct the many influences that contributed to Bryce's books, then proceeds to the formal analysis of the constitution and his discussion of the party system which exposed corruption and made The American Commonwealth (1888) a bible of progressivism.